I understand you completely Sagath and I do appreciate your help. The only way to know for sure is that I troubleshoot everything. So the board, cpu, ram new psu etc. I can't assume anything, i need to know for sure. I hate to have to wait 3weeks for an RMA. I'd rather solve the issue now. So I'm not blaming anyone and it's not even crossfires fault that the board doesn't work. It's technology, these things happen.

All I want is for some tips on troubleshooting this board so that I can be 100% certain that I didnt overlook ANYTHING and end up rma'ing a working board. That would be 2-3 weeks of lost starcraft 2 play time.

Your concerned about downtime of a stupid game? You really need to get your priorities straight.

Ugh no that was just a joke, i guess you didn't catch it. I have exams next week and all my exam reviews are posted online. Yes I can go to a library and obviously will have to. But it would be SO MUCH more convenient to stay at home. Plus, you don't get the gravity of the situation. I was sold a dead board, why should I have to inconvenience myself? But I will go through EVERY troubleshooting technique possible before rma'ing the board as that's a last resort.

I just got finished trying these steps that were suggested earlier.

1. Try a different PSU: No dice, I used a friends 750w corsair PSU
2. Use Stock Cooler. I removed my h50 and tried out the stock HSF, no dice
3. Tried the pc outside of the case still no dice.

I even researched the issue further and people said that if you get an FF error right off the bat it's the board. Since if the cpu/ram or anything else was a problem there would be an error for that. But since I'm not getting any errors its the board. The FF error is also quite common with evga boards.

I've gone through the same mobo and had the same thing happen to me. Only thing to do is to RMA the board. Troubleshooting for FF is pretty simple, take it out of the case, install the cooler loosely, one stick of ram. If it still happens then you're gonna need to RMA :\ For some reason this is really a common problem for the e758 models...

Just want to add, evga does offer cross shipping, you just have to basically buy a new board with them, then they'll credit you back after you shipped it to them. Should only take a week.

I've gone through the same mobo and had the same thing happen to me. Only thing to do is to RMA the board. Troubleshooting for FF is pretty simple, take it out of the case, install the cooler loosely, one stick of ram. If it still happens then you're gonna need to RMA :\ For some reason this is really a common problem for the e758 models...

Ya when I called the evga technical support as soon as I said the FF error code he replied as though he was familiar with the issue lol. But after talking on the phone for 20mins the guy it's a dead board. I get no beeps or anything and can't get past the FF error code.

I tried taking it out of the case and using a stock cooler with no luck.